Canadian Plastics Sector Council - Plastics Processing Trainer

Job Description

The Go-Plastics Bottling Company has developed a process for its different teams of plastics workers to produce a product from design to assembly. It has a range of employees from machine operators working with the injection-moulding machine to chemical engineers working on new types of plastics to use in the bottles. The administration of the company needs employees at all levels to take an active role in this process as a means to increase productivity in an effective work environment.

A Plastics Processing Trainer trains groups of employees, using interactive multimedia superimposed on plastics processing materials.

Daily Activities

researches and develops teaching materials and schedules
presents courses or seminars
administers and grades tests and papers

In order to meet a company’s training needs, the Plastics Processing Trainer must work with management of the plastics company to determine the training requirements of the staff. This training may centre on new materials and methods being developed, health and safety issues, improving technical knowledge, or other professional growth. The trainer can also assess the current training programs and recommend changes as needed. It will be necessary to research and assemble required information in order to implement and deliver on the recommendations. The design of training sessions will have to be defined in terms of class size, number of classes required, timing, or tests or assignments to be assigned.

Once they have been developed, the Plastics Processing Trainer conducts the sessions using a variety of instructional techniques to deliver the targeted information in a manner tailored to the audience. In delivering the sessions, it is important that the trainer hold the interest of the audience through clear communication and a delivery style suitable to the setting. The sessions may take the form of lectures or demonstrations, with the use of multimedia technologies, where participants are asked to complete laboratory work, hands-on training, case studies, discussion groups, independent or group projects. The trainer will be responsible for supervising and evaluating group progress to ensure learning has taken place to the required level of competence.